Iowa
Old Press
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
October 8, 1909
Fremont County's First Baby
G. B. Acord of Brewster, Wash., is here this week visiting among
relatives and old-time friends. Mr. Acord is said to have been
the first white child born in Fremont county, the date of his
birth being June 1841. His parents who were among the few white
settlers in this region then lived on the farm now owned by Frank
Gilman in Washington township, designated on the map as section
11 township 67 range 42, though at the time of his birth no
permanent survey had been established and that section of the
country was still a matter of contention between the states of
Iowa and Missouri. It was in this neighborhood that the
settlement of Austin once flourished and where A. H. Argyle
opened for sale the first stock of merchandise ever brought to
the county.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Sidney, Fremont Co., Iowa
October 29, 1909
Burial of D. E. Replogle
The funeral of the late David E. Replogle who died suddeny at his
home in Little Falls, Minesota on Wednesday of last week, brief
mention of which was made in our last issue was held at Farragut,
where he formerly lived, last Sunday under direction of the
Masonic fraternity. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. J E.
Matheny of Randolph and the services at the tomb were conducted
by Dr. S. T. Mitchell of Hamburg. The attendance was large, for
deceased was well known over the county and was highly esteemed
by everyone. The Replogle family moved from Farragut about three
years ago going first to Casselton, N. Dak., and later to Little
Falls, Minn., where he had the position of auditor of the Great
Western Milling company. This fall his work has been very heavy
and he had been working a good many evenings but Wednesday
evening he told his wife he would remain at home as he was tired
and he did not particulary need to go back. He retired as usual
but soon began coughing and although a physician was called at
once and everything was done, he passed away very quickly,
apoplexy being the cause. He was a young man, only 45 years of
age and was the eldest of the family. He was always well and had
the appearance of a man who would enjoy many more years. Besides
his wife and little daughter Katherine, aged 8 years, he leaves
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Replogle, one sister, Miss
Lizzie, one brother, Elmer, all in Adams, Neb., and one brother,
W. H. in Shenandoah. As soon as the word was received of his
death W. H. Replogle started at once for Little Falls and he with
Mrs. Dave Replogle's brother, Mr. Crosby, of Des Moines, brought
the body to Farragut, arriving there Saturday. Fellow Masons
acted as pallbearers when conveying the body to its last resting
place in the Farragut cemetery. The wife and daughter will
probably make their home with her brother in Des Moines.
A Lively Runaway
Saturday morning a horse owned by L. C. Goodin, but driven by his
daughter, Mrs. Joe Spittler, and Miss Olive Marvin, became
frightened at some sheep that were being driven on the highway
near the Spittler home. The ladies were alarmed and climbed out
of the buggy, leaving the horse without a driver. The horse ran,
overturning the buggy, distributing a couple of chickens, a
suitcae, a basket and various other articles and turned into the
E. A. Abshire yard. Maurice Axtell, the three-year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Axtell who happened to be playing with the Abshire
children, was struck by the vehicle and injured but not
seriously. The animal continued on through the yards of James
Carlisle and Henry Spittler, Sr., where it came to a stop. Not
much is left of the buggy and harness but the occupants were
lucky to have made their escape before the situation became
dangerous.
Celebrates 86th Birthday
Sunday, October 24, was the 86th birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Mary Vaughan of Walnut township and a number of relatives
gathered to celebrate the occasion. A sumptuous feast was spread
and all present had a joyous day. Mrs. Vaughan who has been a
resident of Walnut townshio for more than 40 years, is the mother
of Homer Vaughan who resides in that region and of Isaac Vail of
Shenandoah. Besides the nearby relatives a granddaughter, Mrs.
Mable Philo, and little child of Arapahoe, Oklahoma, were
present.
A New Business Firm
A signboard bearing the inscription "John M. Gray &
Son" appeared in front of the Gray harness shop on the west
side Monday morning and the populace marveled thereat, knowing
that John's boys, like the Dutchman's in the story, were all
girls. But not all--bless you, no. For it was not long until John
put in an appearance stepping like a blind horse in a
stubblefield when the announcement was made that a son was this
day born onto himself and his estimable wife--a big fine felllow
who promises to become a real American boy (which he doubtless
will under his father's training) and ultimately as good a
harnessmaker as the next one. However the signboard was taken
down and carefully stored away for future use, as the doting
daddy deemed it unfair to force the youngster into business
channels until he has had time to visit a few days with his
numerous other relatives.
Jackson - Biggins Wedding
Oakley R. Jackson, son of A. L. Jackson, and Miss Byrdie Biggins,
a daughter of P. H. Biggins, were united in marriage at the
Presbsyterian manse Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. G. A. Marshall. It being about
the hour for school to be dismissed the high school students got
wise to the proceedings and busied themselves in decorating the
carriage with old shoes and a variegated collection of other
artistic trappings such as the back alleys afford. Following the
ceremony the young couple went directly to their home which Mr.
Jackson had prepared for the reception of his bride four miles
northwest of town in the McDaniel neighborhood.
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